What's Your Number?

2011

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WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?

What's Your Number?

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: September 30, 2011

Starring: Anna Faris, Chris Pratt

Summary: What's Your Number? centers on a woman who treks through her sexual past to find Mr. Right, exploring the idea of sexual quotas and whether such numbers matter. It is based on Karyn Bosnak's book. (20th Century Fox)

Director: Mark Mylod

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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63

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Joe Williams

Sep 29, 2011

It does induce a few giggles like cheap champagne. Read full review

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Time Out - A. A. Dowd

Oct 4, 2011

More of a formulaic Katherine Heigl joint than a femcentric "High Fidelity," this breezy challenge to post-Cosmopolitan gender politics boasts little in the way of surprises but plenty of offbeat charm from its daffy lead. Read full review

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Village Voice - Karina Longworth

Oct 1, 2011

Even if the speechifying is cringingly trite, and even though it's evident from Colin's first frame onscreen that 21 will be Ally's lucky number, at least her roundelay through exes allows for a few scant moments of inspired lunacy, led by Faris's cartoon-perfect vocal talents. Read full review

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Variety - Justin Chang

Sep 28, 2011

A draggy, generally laugh-free outing that wastes a perfectly good Anna Faris. Read full review

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New York Daily News - Joe Neumaier

Sep 30, 2011

This comedy is empty. Read full review

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Orlando Sentinel - Roger Moore

Sep 29, 2011

Anna Faris and Chris Evans don't have enough scenes together, don't have enough funny lines and aren't surrounded by enough funny people to give this "Bridesmaids-lite" a shot. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle

Sep 29, 2011

She's hopeless, he's hopeless, and this movie is just ghastly. Read full review

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MissDrae

Apr 15, 2014

I actually enjoyed this movie. I am a huge anna faris fan. When I fist saw the reviews for this movie I thought it was going to be bad, but it was actually a really funny movie.

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TheUglyAmerican

May 26, 2012

Wow, I can't believe the negativity around this movie, it is an Anna Faris movie, it is supposed to be quirky funny and fluffy! I thought it was just right for those times when you just want to watch something without having to think, imagine if there were only "serious thought provoking"Wow, I can't believe the negativity around this movie, it is an Anna Faris movie, it is supposed to be quirky funny and fluffy! I thought it was just right for those times when you just want to watch something without having to think, imagine if there were only "serious thought provoking" movies? It never claimed to be anything than what it was,.… Expand

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bennington13

Oct 3, 2011

What's Your number? Probably higher than the score for this movie...

I'll be honest. This was the least challenging movie showing at the cinema that didn't involve 3D sharks, hence its appeal. In a nutshell, Anna Faris vows not to sleep with anyone else unless he's 'The One' after learningWhat's Your number? Probably higher than the score for this movie...

I'll be honest. This was the least challenging movie showing at the cinema that didn't involve 3D sharks, hence its appeal. In a nutshell, Anna Faris vows not to sleep with anyone else unless he's 'The One' after learning (via the ever reliable medium of the woman's mag) that 96% of women with more than 20 ex-partners are unable to find husbands - I don't deny that it's cinematic candy floss. Unfortunately, even with expectations thus lowered, What's Your Number? still isn't premier league viewing. It's a shame really - Anna Faris and Chris Evans are a likable (and immensely buff) central couple, which makes them easy to root for/drool over. However, the film itself is merely a sequence of plot devices, some of which work, more of which don't. It's a terrible waste - few actresses have as much comic potential and willingness to make an ass of themselves as Faris. Even the open comedy goal of Faris re-visiting her exes is wasted - despite some promisingly perverse material, numerous cameos (including Martin Freeman, and a finger sniffing Joel McHale) are fluffed or wasted. The only positive is that the unmemorable male characters leave Blythe Danner clutching the best supporting actor role (as Faris' demonically elegant mother) by default.

As for Evans, while he is effectively rehashing previous roles, most notably The Human Torch, as a **** but lovable man ho', he (and his magnificent abs) are still worth the price of entry. Plus the basketball scene is probably the sexiest thing involving one ball that you'll see in a cineplex this year.

Unfortunately, despite a plausible premise (rare is the woman that hasn't questioned everything about her existence after reading an article in a lifestyle magazine), the film sags. I wasn't expecting an exhaustive treatise on feminism, but What's Your Number? doesn't even acknowledge the irony of a woman 'taking control' of her life on the basis of a single spurious statistic in a Marie Claire article, or the flagrant double standard at play as Faris' character freaks out about her number - a number easily surpassed by her male neighbour. Such omissions push the film beyond light and fluffy, and into outright vacuous territory instead. Sub plots come and go without arousing much interest, the insurmountable obstacle and various declarations of love are extremely contrived (yes, even for a rom com), and then there's the perennial question of how two penniless people can afford such magnificent apartments (I rent a hovel at vast expense, so naturally it bothers me).

In short, there were better rom coms released in 2011 and unless you've already seen them, you should probably save this one for a rainy Sunday evening.

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Bangkit20

Nov 21, 2011

I haven't know idea about this movie. This is true contender for Razzie Awards next year. I'll be honest .... I only enjoy Chris Evans nude. I give 10 for him.. LOL

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heatherm

Mar 22, 2015

This movie was fairly bad, but it had some unexpectedly funny jokes along the way to smooth it out a little. Anna Faris was charming in a quirky, ramshackle kind of way, and Chris Evans spent a lot of time with his clothes off. Their antagonistic chemistry was good throughout, but itThis movie was fairly bad, but it had some unexpectedly funny jokes along the way to smooth it out a little. Anna Faris was charming in a quirky, ramshackle kind of way, and Chris Evans spent a lot of time with his clothes off. Their antagonistic chemistry was good throughout, but it wasn't enough to balance out the formulaic rom-com plot.… Expand

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wargoddessofthe

Dec 17, 2013

It's just another boring romcom about an unintelligent and man obsessed woman. But it did give me some good laughs along the way and Chris Evans is always a joy to watch on screen.

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Akkhar

Jan 21, 2012

What's Your Number? is so horrible , unfunny and OFT worst rom-com ever. Every thing sucks . Mark Mylod seems to direct this movie with using no brain at all. Script was super bad . Anna Faris's acting was so bad that Twilight cast seems so bright now . Chris Evans tried but he succeed toWhat's Your Number? is so horrible , unfunny and OFT worst rom-com ever. Every thing sucks . Mark Mylod seems to direct this movie with using no brain at all. Script was super bad . Anna Faris's acting was so bad that Twilight cast seems so bright now . Chris Evans tried but he succeed to show a little bit enthusiasm which was the only positive thing in this movie and that's why I gave It 2 . So sad that thay west 20mil or this piece of **** . Sucks Sucks...........… Expand

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